theme

/ฮธiหm/

IPA: /TH IY1 M/

noun
  1. 1

    A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.

  2. 2

    A recurring idea; a motif.

  3. 3

    An essay written for school.

  4. 4

    The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.

  5. 5

    A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.

  6. 6

    The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.

  7. 7

    (grammar) The stem of a word.

  8. 8

    Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.

  9. 9

    Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.

  10. 10

    Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.

  11. 11

    A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

verb
  1. 1

    To give a theme to.

    โ€œWe themed the birthday party around superheroes.โ€

  2. 2

    To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/theme